* Magcargo is the only Pokémon to be obtainable in every main [[Generation III]] game, if [[Pokémon Colosseum]] and [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]] are to be included. It is also included in every [[Generation II]] and [[Generation IV]] game, making {{game|Black and White|s}} the first main games since its introduction where it cannot be obtained.

* Magcargo is the only Pokémon to be obtainable in every main [[Generation III]] game, if [[Pokémon Colosseum]] and [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]] are to be included. It is also included in every [[Generation II]] and [[Generation IV]] game, making {{game|Black and White|s}} the first main games since its introduction where it cannot be obtained.

* No other Pokémon has the same [[type]] [[List of Pokémon with unique type combinations|combination]] as Magcargo.

* No other Pokémon has the same [[type]] [[List of Pokémon with unique type combinations|combination]] as Magcargo.

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* Magcargo's body is over 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit (significantly greater than that of the surface of the Sun, about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit), which should be hot enough to carbonize flesh. However, it has made contact with Pokémon many times in the anime and none of them felt any burning from its body. This trait is shared with {{p|Ponyta}}, {{p|Rapidash}}, and its own pre-evolution, {{p|Slugma}}.

* Magcargo's body is over 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit (significantly greater than that of the surface of the Sun, about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit), which should be hot enough to carbonize flesh. However, it has made contact with Pokémon many times in the anime and none of them felt any burning from its body. This trait is shared with {{p|Ponyta}}, {{p|Rapidash}}, and its own pre-evolution, {{p|Slugma}}.

* Despite the fact that water is vaporized on contact with Magcargo, it is doubly weak to {{type|Water}} attacks.

* Despite the fact that water is vaporized on contact with Magcargo, it is doubly weak to {{type|Water}} attacks.

Biology

Physiology

Magcargo are fairly large, snail-like Pokémon that consist almost entirely of red-colored magma, much like their pre-evolution. They have large eyes with yellow sclera and black pupils, and a wide mouth that appears to be smiling. Large drops of magma are in the corners of their mouths. On their backs, Magcargo have a hardened, black, circular shell that is nothing more than a hardened layer of magma that can flake off easily upon contact. The shell has many cracks in it, from which flames occasionally spout.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Magcargo have bodies made of magma that is over 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit in temperature. They can use many Fire-type moves because of this. They can also learn Recover.

Behavior

Magcargo are said to return to their original size by dipping themselves in magma. Magcargo also try to stay near extremely hot things to prevent their magma bodies from hardening.

Magcargo's shell is actually its skin that hardened as a result of cooling. Its shell is very brittle and fragile - just touching it causes it to crumble apart. This Pokémon returns to its original size by dipping itself in magma.

Magcargo's body temperature is approximately 18,000 degrees F. Water is vaporized on contact. If this Pokémon is caught in the rain, the raindrops instantly turn into steam, cloaking the area in a thick fog.

Despite the fact that Magcargo's shell is described as being able to crumble easily, in the anime Torkoal have been depicted to retract into their shell as a form of damage protection.

Magcargo's body is over 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit (significantly greater than that of the surface of the Sun, about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit), which should be hot enough to carbonize flesh. However, it has made contact with Pokémon many times in the anime and none of them felt any burning from its body. This trait is shared with Ponyta, Rapidash, and its own pre-evolution, Slugma.

Despite the fact that water is vaporized on contact with Magcargo, it is doubly weak to Water-type attacks.

Magcargo has its sprite changed in Crystal from Gold and Silver, in this case, its shell is edited slightly, making it one of few Pokémon to have three different sprites in Generation II.

Origin

Magcargo is based on a snail, likely the Victaphanta atramentaria, with a body of lava and a shell of rock. It may also be based on the Cherufe, mythical evil creatures of rock and magma that inhabit the magma pools found deep within Chilean volcanoes. In legends, they are the main sources of earthquakes in Chile.

Name origin

Magcargo and Magcargot are a combination of magma (intrusive molten rock) and escargot (French for snail). Cargo may also refer to the shell it carries, which it lacked as a Slugma.